I love the way this is framed and his physical performance is great, but i don't like the way he brings the mic that close to his face, it's kinda muffling his bars especially in the beginning and his voice sounds weird man.
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I love the way this is framed and his physical performance is great, but i don't like the way he brings the mic that close to his face, it's kinda muffling his bars especially in the beginning and his voice sounds weird man.
He has really good energy here but he skips like half the words and the audience doesn't really fill them in. It's driving me crazy that I can't find the One Mic music video with uncensored lyrics right now.
Rastafarian42
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Will give it a spin sometime tomorrow.
Now these are
Classic Rap Performances
One big, one small. Understated in the second, crowd absolutely controlled in the first.
And my favorite.
Classic Rap Performances
One big, one small. Understated in the second, crowd absolutely controlled in the first.
And my favorite.
MuddyDonut
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This is all I needed to check it out honestly.
To be fair, the majority of his discography just isn't really going to be that good live, the choruses of his music are less recitable, beats are.... Plus guys like Jay/Ye can spend more money on performances, so it's not really fair.
Just going off straight videos, Pac is the craziest live performer. DMX was also on that level before he got flabby, his delivery sounds identical to record.
Obviously prime Clan is the best group
Tokubetsu
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https://myspace.com/discover/trending/2014/04/07/drake-reinvents-rap-beef
Yes i know the link says myspace but they've been hiring some of the better freelance writers out there recently just read the thing or don't.
Yes i know the link says myspace but they've been hiring some of the better freelance writers out there recently just read the thing or don't.
http://soundcloud.com/n3_ll/27-n3-ll-bars
Nell the gawd. 🙌
One of the most skilled dudes in the game.
Nell the gawd. 🙌
One of the most skilled dudes in the game.
Tokubetsu
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Dreezy "Chiraq" > All other versions. She fucking killed it. Holy shit.
Yeah, album has some nice highs but waaaayyy too many lows. It just seems unfocused overall.
Edit: Gotta give props to that Dreezy track, hot damn she tore it up
Got some hot shit for y'all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT2YDdZdE-I&feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT2YDdZdE-I&feature=youtube_gdata_player
This is a weird article bruh, giving drake credit for 'reinventing' beef when returning subs and getting at peoples careers structurally is something jay himself used to do.
Oldschoolgamer
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Thanks for this. I've been running this shit back constantly. Wheww
The Artful Dodger
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I just realized Gold Digger by Kanye is about Ten Years old (Part of it was recorded in early 2004)...Damn.
Rastafarian42
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Late Registration will be ten years old next year 0_0.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Both first two kanye albums have aged terribly
90TilInfinity
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That Ratking is flames. Need to give it more listens before I say it's 'Pinata'/'E&J' tier (bumped the NPR stream once), but it's definitely gonna be a 2014 contender.
Now for this Pharoahe Monch. Just heard the Black Thought feature and I'm hype.
Better than Desire??
Now for this Pharoahe Monch. Just heard the Black Thought feature and I'm hype.
Better than Desire??
Midnight Believer
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I thought this was too funny to begin with, but then listened to it again right after,
still the video made me lol, but the cut is alright and the guy actually has a pretty nice voice
25 Bucks video. Probably his best one since Grown Up. Definitely the best video off Old (I'll admit the other videos didn't set the bar very high.)
I like it, Purity Ring's 'performance' wasn't very good though.
PhoenixDark
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I hope it's a bit more memorable than the first. Shit was hot for a minute then burned out pretty quick.
meh
denshuu
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Fixed2BeBroken
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OH hell yea! thank you so much. Keep looking. I'm looking to man lol
PhoenixDark
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RTJ has some great songs don't get me wrong. But I was rather disappointed overall, and it features very meh rapping from El P. It's not as good as RAP Music of C4C.
I think I just really like duo rap albums. Step Brothers 2 and RTJ are both fucking crazy good to me.
Cool, I'm not surprised he likes it.
Word. You'd think with their relatively similar anti-social stances (ie libertarian conspiratardery) they'd be able to whip up some interesting songs about the government and society but it's pretty much all 'ill beat you up/kill you' type battle rap spits.
I think that was the point though. If you want the other stuff pick up the solo albums but RTJ was just throat jabbing.
@HiResDes
Tin Wooki is too long
I could form a solid 8/10 album from about 16-17 tracks out of the 28. The album needs to be more focused.
New NocanDo is bleh, I needed that Flash Bang Grenada production.
needledrop on RATKING
Tin Wooki is too long
I could form a solid 8/10 album from about 16-17 tracks out of the 28. The album needs to be more focused.
New NocanDo is bleh, I needed that Flash Bang Grenada production.
needledrop on RATKING
The SZA album is solid. Lowkey, but nice. Oxy is pretty much a shoe-in for worst TDE project of the year unless Ab-Soul fucks up. Even if he's been off I'm pretty excited to hear the new record, whenever it comes out.
I like Fantano a lot of the time but his biggest flaw is trying to relate hip hop to its ancestry. His comparisons are often thin and not well thought out, just because he isn't familiar with much hip hop since before he started doing this reviews besides what's on a Pitchfork top 50 hip hop classics list. And even then, he probably just Youtube'd some singles or gave them a once through.
It makes me question his opinion, though I do usually value his opinion and often agree with it.
Nah, El-P came through with the quotables on RTJ. I like C4C other than Full Retard/Oh Hail No/Drones Over Brooklyn, it is best appreciated as a whole. It's understated how conceptual it is. RTJ is just straight rap and all the songs stand well alone (if not better... considering how similar the production is on many of the tracks).
If Pew Pew Pew is any indication, RTJ2 is going to be even better.
agree. compared RATKING production to Bomb Squad? no.
The Artful Dodger
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Nice. I get to see Gibbs and Tech N9ne in a few weeks.
The Return of
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I guess Killer Mike scrapped doing pledge 4 huh
MC Serch & Faith Newman talk about the rampant bootlegging of Illmatic and how it affected its release.
Certain DJ in Harlem? Hmm.
Certain DJ in Harlem? Hmm.
The Artful Dodger
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I went from California to Philly, and there seems to be somebody performing every weekend, especially since i'm interested in alot of different genres.
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